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VOL. VUl No. 23 US.PS. No. 067<
From East Winston Proj<
Minority Bui
Want No *Cr
By Allen H. Johnson every item of
Managing Editor have minority
handling."
Black contractors in the city say they are Assistant Cit;
not aiming for crumbs from the East jects Allen
Winston shopping center construction guidelines for
project. Grants (UD/
They want the pie. center is parti
Officers of the Voices of Minority Con- safeguards foi
tractors and Suppliers, an unincor- quiring "a goc
porated group of black contractors, told ty contractors
the_ChronicleJastjweek that they are ag- Goals for m
gressively seeking prime contracts in the the project, J
"We're not going to entertain 10 whlie goais
?r , ... y. percent. The f<
percent. We're looking for prime ply to constru
contracts. With crumbs we can joines said, 4
never get a base where we can be same guideline
independent." However, Jai
?James Carter Cartwood Co
- chairman of th
construction of the $2 million center, his fellow co
which is set to begin on March 19. more than 10 |
"The goal of the minority contractors "We're not
and suppliers is to contract for as much of percent," Cart
that project as we can handle," said at- prime contrac
tomey Richard Archia Jr., chairman of never get a bas
the organization. 44We intend to bid on
ESR Sets Up Con
By Allen Johnson Mrs. William
Managing Editor co-worker an<
help LibertyThe
Experiment in Self-Reliance opened number of wa
shop in the Patterscm Avenue YMCA . to-door, ou|re
Mffilfljfjiiuttf taideresidents in the-area with themselves a
relocation. ?
avoiiaoie.
The private, non-profit organization, "\ye wjn w<
which has been helping disadvantaged mediate need,
residents in Winston since 1964, has based Wilson said i
two staff j*ersons in the office, says Ex- referred to ES
ecutive Director Louise Wilson. ? Development ;
At jjress time Mrs. Vera Williams, had 11 We will-v
been hired at the request of the Liberty- Wilson said.
Patterson Neighborhood Council to fill whole area sc
one of those staff positions.
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North Carolina will terminate seven of its employees a
poor.
Community j
By Yvonne Anderson
Staff Writer
The Citywide Neighborhood Coalition and officials
of the Winston-Salem Community Development
Department met Tuesday night in an attempt to iron
out their differences.
Members of the coalition, co-chaired by Mazie
Woodruff and John Holloman, expressed a lack of
cooperation between the two organizations during a?
Jan. 18 board of Aldermen's meeting, charging that
the new Community Development guidelines lack
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construction for which we IB I
y contractors capable of
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said that federal li Bj
Urban Development Action
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ally funded, provide some j
- minority participation,re- ..JMp
d faith effort to get minori- < ?
linority sub-contractors in BBBBB
oines said, are 10 percent
>r minority workers are 15 >
ederal guidelines do not ap- |w
iction handled by the city,
'but we intend to use the
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mes Carter, joint owner of ^
instruction. Co. and viceie
Voices group, said he and
ntractors are looking for
percent.
going to entertain 10
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:ts. With crumbs we can
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that those residents will be A
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others
oner or later to find out
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b a client. On March 31, the Legal Aid Society of
nd reduce the volume of service it now offers to the
Development, Ne
community input.
Anticipating cuts in federal revenues, the Community
Development office drafted those new ?
aiiirt^itnpc imrw tc4iTr4i i+ n.onm
guiuviiiivij w?iwv? ttiiivn it vt\juiti mmww j^roirttr
and repairs to designated community development
areas.
The major rift between the two organizations came
with the proposal of either lowering the standards of
"property rehabilitation to increase the number of
cases that could be taken witb a decrease in funds or
keeping the standards the same and helping fewer
people.
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Community Since 1974"
Thursday, January 28, 1982
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Valerie Broadfte (left), tl
recognizee the concern*
I developers directly. Jai
I here with partner Anita
than token ron?Mor*Hn
Childcare Centei
Winston-Salem State
By Yvonne Anderson tive June 30, 1982, in a let
=. - Stq?f Writer ter dated Nov. 18 and ad
J ? dressed to vB#ymoftd M
An expansion program, Dawson, vice president c
currently under way at academic affairs for th
Winston-Salem State general administration o
1 University, may phase out the University of Nortl
the university's 9-year-old Carolina.
Early Childcare Center,say In the letter, Covingtoi
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sviiuui ui iiviais. states that the $62,96^
Chancellor Douglas Cov- allocation for the centei
ington requested that the would be used instead tc
center be eliminated effec- hire a director and i
Budget Cuts For
To Reduce Staff
By Allen Johnson to be even more selective in
Managing Editor the cases we are able to acThe
Legal Aid Society of cept. Many, many poor
Northwest North Carolina people with legitimate and
Inc., which provides legal urgent legal problems will
counsel for the poor, has go unrepresented."
been forced by reductions Last year the Reagan adf
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Ill ICUCIdl lUHUIIIg IU
eliminate seven of its staff "This is a terrible thii
positions, roughly 40 per- never had sufficient st
cent of its current man- dous demands for lege
P?wer- munity, and this redw
Three staff attorneys, two ^ ^ (Q ^ ^ ^
paralegals and two support
staff* members have been ableto
told that their jobs will be legitimate and urgent
terminated on March 31. unrepresented
"This is a terrible thing to ??? i
happen," said Thorns ministration announced Us
r .u intention to abolish the
Craven, director of the Lega| Services Corporation
agency. "We have never the federal office which
had sufficient staff to meet provides funds for local ofthe
tremendous demand for fjccs such as The Legal Aid
legal assistance in the com- Society here, Craven said.
munity, and this reduction Congress did not accept
will mean that we will have that recommendation, but
!ighborhood Coal
Coalition members felt that any lowering of property
standards would only worsen an already bad situation.
-At the meeting. Tnrsriay... ni&hU. residents, com-. _
pfame^T"of ah^^hi' sSmi^ caies n?~~"
repairs,-that were overlooked by city housing inspectors.
"It's just awful the way things are done," said one
woman. "Work is done that isn't up to par, using
bad materials and doing generally a bad job. And it is
would mean more of this."
Another area of contention was incentive loans of
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Staff photos by Bobby Brower
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te city's economic development coordinator, says she
i of black contractors and advised them to contact the
nes Carter, of Cartwood Construction Co., pictured
Hill, says he and other black contractors want more
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May Phase It Out _ _ - .
- counselor tor the school are being reh
university's-Qpupscling divi- evaluated to . determine- V
v. * <#**? It a>?i?iaiy ?ui. trie ?MJW U1C SCTVOQI ^JTCSOUrces .
>f education division and a can most effectively be usco < v
e director for recruitment and t*> serve the student body
,f alumni relations. According and the community,
h to Covington, these areas Director of WSSU's
are acutely understaffed Education Division, Melvin
i and a vital-element in the Gadson, said, "We are
I university's expansion pro- looking at the total"struc- *
r gram. ture of the university in
) University officials say terms of programs. But, the
i that all programs of the See Page 2
ce Legal Aid
And Services
1 did reduce the amount of vices program in 1965, the
money for the Corporation local office became a reciby
25 percent. pient of those funds and exl
That reduction has been panded its staff.
passed on to grantees across In 1975, the Legal Services
the rnnnfrv ? - t-u-u
.j . wi ^/ui auun wtts CMillJMMlThe
Legal Aid Society of ed by Congress, and fun*
ding was increased. The
fig to Happen. We have local office expanded its
aff to meet the tremen- services to Stokes, Surry,
ll assistance in the com- Yadkin, Davie and Iredell
Ction will mean that we Counties and changed its
Active in the cases we are namc to renecl lts ncu
many poor people with r^P?ns,b,,lt,csr
^ r Throughout its history.
legal problems will go The Legal Aid Society
? Thorns Craven has had the support of the
Northwest North cTarofTria community Craven said.
was established in 1963 as ;C1,en,s look to ou[ ofuf,ce
, The Legal Aid Society of Tor assistance with their
Forsyth County. The office ,cgal problems and the local
was begun by local at- bar supports the office as
torneys and was financed tbc best way to provide
by a foundation grant, organized legal services to
When the federal govern- poor people."
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'ition Meet
fcred by the C.D. department for investors to
upgrade substandard structures.
_ 4'Why should these investors be given financial indards,
when that is already required by law?'* asked
Howard Wiley, advisor to the Coalition.
Gary R. Brown, director of Community Development,
said that the incentive loan would only be
made with the stipulation that property be brought
up past the minimum standard to-propert^chahihta
tion standards.
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